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Key Dates

Summer 2025

Monday, July 14 Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Summer term graduation
Wednesday, July 3 – Friday, August 1 Stata causal inference workshop and 2025 Stata Conference, in Nashville
Saturday, August 2 – Sunday, August 3 2025 ACTStat Annual Meeting, in Nashville
Saturday, August 2 Next-Generation Statistics: From Theory to Practice in a Data-Rich Era symposium, in Nashville
Saturday, August 2 IMS Frontiers in Statistical Machine Learning workshop, in Nashville
Saturday, August 2 – Thursday, August 7 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) 2025, in Nashville
Thursday, August 7 Regular summer session classes end
Friday, August 8 Summer semester ends; summer graduation

Fall 2025

Fall schedule is available in YES. Fall registration opened on April 9.

Fall open enrollment is July 16–August 29.

Friday, August 15 New student orientation
Graduate faculty + student social hour, 3 pm
Returning student reorientation and feedback session, 4 pm
Monday, August 18 Fall Convocation for new Graduate School students
Wednesday, August 20 First day of classes
Friday, August 29 Fall open enrollment period ends
Monday, September 15 YES opens for (1) Graduation Intent for Fall graduation and (2) Graduation Confirmation Form (Commencement) for Fall graduates (closes November 2)
Thursday, October 9 – Friday, October 10 Fall break
Friday, October 24 Last day to withdraw with academic penalty
Wednesday, October 29 Spring registration opens
Sunday, November 2 Last day to submit (1) Graduate Intent for Fall and (2) Graduation Confirmation Form (Commencement) in YES
Friday, November 14 Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Fall graduation
Saturday, November 22 – Sunday, November 30 Thanksgiving break
Monday, December 1 Spring open enrollment begins
Thursday, December 4 Last day of classes
Friday, December 5 – Saturday, December 13 Examinations and reading days
Saturday, December 13 Graduation date for December graduates

Spring 2026

Monday, January 5 First day of classes
Monday, January 12 YES opens for (1) Graduation Intent for Spring graduation and (2) Graduation Confirmation Form (Commencement) for Spring graduates (closes February 22)
Wednesday, January 14 Spring open enrollment ends
Monday, January 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – classes do not meet
Sunday, February 22 Last day to submit (1) Graduate Intent for Spring and (2) Graduation Confirmation Form (Commencement) in YES
Saturday, March 7 – Sunday, March 15 Spring break
Sunday, March 15 – Wednesday, March 18 ENAR 2026, in Indianapolis
Friday, March 20 Last day to withdraw with academic penalty
Monday, March 23 Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Spring graduation; Summer open enrollment begins
Monday, April 20 Last day of classes
Tuesday, April 21 – Thursday, April 30 Examinations and reading days
Friday, May 8 Commencement

Summer 2026

Monday, June 1 YES opens for (1) Graduation Intent for Summer graduation and (2) Graduation Confirmation Form (Commencement) for Summer graduates (closes July 10)
Tuesday, June 2 Summer classes begin
Thursday, June 4 End of student change period (for regular summer session)
Friday, June 19 Juneteenth Holiday
Friday, July 10 Last day to submit Summer graduation forms in YES
Tuesday, July 14 Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Summer term graduation
Saturday, August 1 – Thursday, August 6 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) 2026, in Boston
Thursday, August 6 Regular summer session classes end
Friday, August 7 Summer semester ends; summer graduation

Other calendars that may of be interest

Metro Nashville Public Schools calendar (2025–2026)

University School of Nashville calendars

Edge for Scholars: Research Funding Board